It's almost official. An agreement was reached today between Petty Enterprises and Bobby Labonte to go their separate ways. It's probably only a matter of days before the announcement comes that Gillette Evernham Motorsports has taken what's left of PE and merged it into their 3 car operation and become a 4 car stable. GEM will most likely keep the famed 43 on the track but it will no longer be a Petty run car.
NASCAR has basically closed the book on it's famed history and has started...